Wikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Near East/Cleanup listing

This is an automatically generated cleanup listing.

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About this listing

The listing is based on a database snapshot of 12 March 2010. It contains all articles flagged for cleanup which are tagged with {{WikiProject Ancient Near East}} on their talk page.

Based on that data, 920 articles are assigned to this project, of which 399, or 43.4%, are flagged for cleanup.

The following quality assessment classes were evaluated for this report:

Assessment class	Abbrev.	Category
Featured articles	FA	Category:FA-Class Ancient Near East articles
Good articles	GA	Category:GA-Class Ancient Near East articles

The following importance assessment classes were evaluated for this report:

Assessment class	Abbrev.	Category
Top-importance articles	Top	Category:Top-importance Ancient Near East articles
High-importance articles	High	Category:High-importance Ancient Near East articles

Listing by article assessment

Quality

Featured articles

The project has 1 featured articles. None of them is flagged for cleanup.

Good articles

The project has 3 good articles. 2 of them, or 66.7%, are flagged for cleanup.

Warning: The following articles are listed in Category:GA-Class Ancient Near East articles, but not in Category:Wikipedia good articles.

• Akkadian Empire

Article	Maintenance categories
Akkadian Empire «GA, Top»	Articles to be expanded (Feb 2010), Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases (Apr 2008), Articles with unsourced statements (Apr 2008)
Hammurabi «GA, Top»	Articles with unsourced statements (Aug 2009)

Importance

Top-importance articles

The project has 49 top-importance articles. 30 of them, or 61.2%, are flagged for cleanup.

Article	Maintenance categories
Achaemenid Empire «Top»	Articles that may contain original research (Jan 2010), Articles with unsourced statements (Oct 2009)
Akkadian Empire «GA, Top»	Articles to be expanded (Feb 2010), Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases (Apr 2008), Articles with unsourced statements (Apr 2008)
Akkadian language «Top»	Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases (Jun 2009)
Ashurbanipal «Top»	Articles needing additional references (May 2008)
Assyriology «Top»	Articles lacking sources (Apr 2009), Articles to be expanded (Apr 2009)
Babylonia «Top»	Articles with unsourced statements (Feb 2007, Feb 2008, Jun 2008)
Babylonian law «Top»	Wikipedia articles needing clarification (Feb 2009)
Babylonia and Assyria «Top»	Articles needing additional references (Jul 2009)
Cities of the Ancient Near East «Top»	Articles with unsourced statements (Nov 2009)
Cyrus the Great «Top»	Articles with unsourced statements (Mar 2009, Jan 2010)
Elam «Top»	Articles needing additional references (Jul 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Jun 2008)
Epic of Gilgamesh «Top»	Articles lacking in-text citations (Jan 2009), Articles to be expanded (Dec 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Feb 2007, Nov 2009)
Hammurabi «GA, Top»	Articles with unsourced statements (Aug 2009)
Hittites «Top»	Articles with unsourced statements (Feb 2007), Wikipedia articles needing factual verification (Jan 2010)
Hurrians «Top»	Articles with unsourced statements (Mar 2009), Wikipedia articles needing page number citations
Medes «Top»	Articles lacking sources (Jan 2010), Articles with unsourced statements (Nov 2009), Iran articles missing geocoordinate data, Wikipedia articles needing clarification (Nov 2009)
Nebuchadnezzar II «Top»	Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases (Aug 2009)
Neo-Assyrian Empire «Top»	Accuracy disputes (Mar 2010)
Neo-Babylonian Empire «Top»	Articles lacking sources (Aug 2007)
Phoenicia «Top»	Articles needing additional references (Jul 2009), Articles needing cleanup (Apr 2009), Articles with sections that need to be turned into prose (Apr 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Jan 2010)
Sargon II «Top»	Articles needing additional references (Aug 2007)
Short chronology timeline «Top»	Articles with unsourced statements (Feb 2010)
Sumer «Top»	Articles to be expanded (Dec 2008, Dec 2009), Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases (Feb 2010), Articles with unsourced statements (Feb 2008, Jun 2009, Nov 2009, Feb 2010)
Sumerian language «Top»	Articles with disputed statements (Dec 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Jul 2008, Aug 2008, Jan 2010)
Tanakh «Top»	Articles with unsourced statements (Nov 2007, Feb 2009)
Teispids «Top»	Accuracy disputes (Jan 2010)
Third Dynasty of Ur «Top»	Articles lacking sources (Nov 2009), Articles with disputed statements (Aug 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Nov 2009, Dec 2009)
Tiglath-Pileser I «Top»	Articles needing additional references (Feb 2008), Articles with unsourced statements (Jul 2008)
Ziggurat «Top»	Article sections to be split (Jan 2010), Articles needing expert attention (Nov 2009), Articles to be split (Jan 2010), Articles with dead external links (Jul 2009), Articles with trivia sections (Jan 2010), Wikipedia articles needing factual verification (Nov 2009)
Ziggurat of Ur «Top»	Articles lacking reliable references (Aug 2009)

High-importance articles

The project has 33 high-importance articles. 16 of them, or 48.5%, are flagged for cleanup.

Article	Maintenance categories
Babylon «High»	Articles needing additional references (Jun 2008)
Babylonian astrology «High»	Articles with unsourced statements (Jun 2007), Wikipedia articles needing clarification (Feb 2009)
Battle of Hyrba «High»	Articles needing cleanup (Jul 2009), Iran articles missing geocoordinate data, Wikipedia articles needing clarification (Jul 2009)
Battle of the Persian Border «High»	Articles with unsourced statements (Apr 2009), Iran articles missing geocoordinate data
Cybele «High»	Articles with unsourced statements (Jul 2007, Apr 2009)
Deluge myth «High»	Articles with unsourced statements (Mar 2009, Oct 2009, Jan 2010)
First Babylonian Dynasty «High»	Articles with unsourced statements (Sep 2008)
Ḫaldi «High»	Articles with unsourced statements (Aug 2009)
Nairi «High»	Articles with unsourced statements (May 2008)
Nineveh «High»	Articles with unsourced statements (Apr 2009)
Sennacherib «High»	Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases (Mar 2010)
Ur «High»	Articles needing additional references (Aug 2008), Articles with unsourced statements (Feb 2010), Vague or ambiguous geographic scope
Urartu «High»	Accuracy disputes (Jan 2010), Articles with unsourced statements (Aug 2009), NPOV disputes (Jan 2010)
Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa «High»	Articles with unsourced statements (Oct 2009)
Zimrilim «High»	Articles lacking sources (Mar 2007)
Zoroastrianism «High»	Articles lacking in-text citations (Aug 2009), Articles lacking reliable references (Aug 2009), Articles needing additional references (Nov 2009, Feb 2010), Articles needing cleanup (Aug 2009), Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases (Jun 2007, Jan 2010), Articles with unsourced statements (Nov 2009, Jan 2010), Articles with weasel words (Jan 2010), Wikipedia articles needing style editing (Jan 2010), Wikipedia references cleanup (Aug 2009)

Listing by number of categories assigned

Articles with 12 cleanup categories assigned

Article

Maintenance categories

Zoroastrianism «High»

Articles lacking in-text citations (Aug 2009), Articles lacking reliable references (Aug 2009), Articles needing additional references (Nov 2009, Feb 2010), Articles needing cleanup (Aug 2009), Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases (Jun 2007, Jan 2010), Articles with unsourced statements (Nov 2009, Jan 2010), Articles with weasel words (Jan 2010), Wikipedia articles needing style editing (Jan 2010), Wikipedia references cleanup (Aug 2009)

Articles with 7 cleanup categories assigned

Article	Maintenance categories
Canaan	Articles needing additional references (Oct 2008, Apr 2009), Articles needing cleanup (Jul 2009), Articles that may contain original research (Aug 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Apr 2009, Aug 2009), Wikipedia articles needing clarification (Mar 2008)
Sumer «Top»	Articles to be expanded (Dec 2008, Dec 2009), Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases (Feb 2010), Articles with unsourced statements (Feb 2008, Jun 2009, Nov 2009, Feb 2010)

Articles with 6 cleanup categories assigned

Article	Maintenance categories
Ziggurat «Top»	Article sections to be split (Jan 2010), Articles needing expert attention (Nov 2009), Articles to be split (Jan 2010), Articles with dead external links (Jul 2009), Articles with trivia sections (Jan 2010), Wikipedia articles needing factual verification (Nov 2009)

Articles with 5 cleanup categories assigned

Article	Maintenance categories
Iron Age	Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases (Oct 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Feb 2007, Aug 2009, Oct 2009, Nov 2009)
Mesopotamia	Articles needing additional references (Oct 2007), Articles with unsourced statements (Mar 2008, Jun 2009), Wikipedia articles needing copy edit (Dec 2008, Feb 2009)
Ningishzida	Articles with disputed statements (Apr 2009), Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases (May 2008), Articles with unsourced statements (May 2008, Aug 2008, May 2009)

Articles with 4 cleanup categories assigned

Article	Maintenance categories
En-men-dur-ana	Articles lacking sources (May 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Feb 2007, Jun 2007, Aug 2008)
Epic of Gilgamesh «Top»	Articles lacking in-text citations (Jan 2009), Articles to be expanded (Dec 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Feb 2007, Nov 2009)
Ishara	Ancient Near East articles needing expert attention, Articles needing expert attention (Aug 2008), Articles with unsourced statements (Sep 2009), Mythology articles needing expert attention
Luwian language	Articles lacking in-text citations (Dec 2009), Articles needing additional references (Dec 2009), Articles to be split (Aug 2008), Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases (Dec 2009)
Medes «Top»	Articles lacking sources (Jan 2010), Articles with unsourced statements (Nov 2009), Iran articles missing geocoordinate data, Wikipedia articles needing clarification (Nov 2009)
Phoenicia «Top»	Articles needing additional references (Jul 2009), Articles needing cleanup (Apr 2009), Articles with sections that need to be turned into prose (Apr 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Jan 2010)
Proto-Semitic language	Articles with unsourced statements (Jun 2009, Aug 2009, Feb 2010), Self-contradictory articles (Jun 2009)
Seqtet boat	Articles lacking sources (Dec 2009), Orphaned articles (Feb 2009), Wikipedia articles needing context (Oct 2009), Wikipedia introduction cleanup (Oct 2009)
Shedu	Articles lacking reliable references (Aug 2009), Articles needing cleanup (Aug 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Aug 2007), Wikipedia articles needing copy edit (Aug 2009)
Sumerian language «Top»	Articles with disputed statements (Dec 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Jul 2008, Aug 2008, Jan 2010)
Third Dynasty of Ur «Top»	Articles lacking sources (Nov 2009), Articles with disputed statements (Aug 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Nov 2009, Dec 2009)

Articles with 3 cleanup categories assigned

Article	Maintenance categories
Akkadian Empire «GA, Top»	Articles to be expanded (Feb 2010), Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases (Apr 2008), Articles with unsourced statements (Apr 2008)
Akshak	Articles lacking sources (Nov 2006), Articles with unsourced statements (Feb 2008), Iraq articles missing geocoordinate data
Babylonia «Top»	Articles with unsourced statements (Feb 2007, Feb 2008, Jun 2008)
Bastet	Articles needing additional references (Feb 2010), Articles with unsourced statements (Jan 2009, Feb 2010)
Battle of Hyrba «High»	Articles needing cleanup (Jul 2009), Iran articles missing geocoordinate data, Wikipedia articles needing clarification (Jul 2009)
Cuneiform script	Articles with unsourced statements (Aug 2007, Aug 2008), Wikipedia articles needing clarification (Aug 2009)
Deluge myth «High»	Articles with unsourced statements (Mar 2009, Oct 2009, Jan 2010)
High Priests of Amun	Articles with unsourced statements (Nov 2007), Wikipedia articles needing context (Oct 2009), Wikipedia introduction cleanup (Oct 2009)
History of Sumer	Articles with unsourced statements (Feb 2007, Jan 2008, Mar 2008)
Kingu	Ancient Near East articles needing expert attention, Articles needing expert attention (Feb 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Nov 2009)
Labbu	Articles lacking sources (Dec 2009), Wikipedia articles needing context (Oct 2009), Wikipedia introduction cleanup (Oct 2009)
Madduwatta	Articles needing cleanup (Apr 2008), Articles that may contain original research (Sep 2007), Articles with unsourced statements (Feb 2007)
Matiene	Articles lacking sources (May 2008), Articles needing cleanup (Jul 2008), Iran articles missing geocoordinate data
Mesopotamian mythology	Articles lacking sources (Sep 2007), Articles needing expert attention (Nov 2008), Mythology articles needing expert attention
Samnuha	Articles lacking reliable references (Mar 2010), Articles that need to be wikified (Mar 2010), Articles to be expanded (Mar 2010)
Sarduri III	Wikipedia articles needing context (May 2009), Wikipedia articles needing rewrite (May 2009), Wikipedia introduction cleanup (May 2009)
Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)	Articles needing additional references (Aug 2009), Unclassified articles missing geocoordinate data, Wikipedia articles needing style editing (Aug 2009)
Sirara	Articles needing additional references (Feb 2009), Articles with topics of unclear notability (Feb 2009), Iraq articles missing geocoordinate data
Sulili	Articles needing additional references (Aug 2008), Articles needing cleanup (Sep 2009), Wikipedia introduction cleanup (Sep 2009)
Tefnut	Articles lacking sources (Dec 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Dec 2008, Jan 2009)
Tiamat	Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases (Jan 2010), Articles with unsourced statements (Mar 2009, Jan 2010)
Ur «High»	Articles needing additional references (Aug 2008), Articles with unsourced statements (Feb 2010), Vague or ambiguous geographic scope
Urartu «High»	Accuracy disputes (Jan 2010), Articles with unsourced statements (Aug 2009), NPOV disputes (Jan 2010)
Washukanni	Articles with dead external links (Dec 2009), Articles with unsourced statements (Jun 2008), Turkey articles missing geocoordinate data

Further entries (summary)

Detail listing is suppressed due to size restrictions.

Group	# Articles
Articles with 2 cleanup categories assigned	89
Articles with one cleanup category assigned	267

Listing by maintenance category

Accuracy disputes

• Teispids (Jan 2010) «Top»
• Urartu (Jan 2010) «High»
• Neo-Assyrian Empire (Mar 2010) «Top»

Ancient Near East articles needing expert attention

• Ishara
• Kingu

Article sections to be split

• Ziggurat (Jan 2010) «Top»

Articles contradicting other articles

• Ecbatana

Articles lacking in-text citations

• Sweyhat (Feb 2008)
• Epic of Gilgamesh (Jan 2009) «Top»
• Levant (Apr 2009)
• Tell Halaf (Apr 2009)
• Zoroastrianism (Aug 2009) «High»
• Baal cycle (Sep 2009)
• Luwian language (Dec 2009)

Articles lacking reliable references

• Akhkhazu (Dec 2007)
• Ebla (Aug 2008)
• Shedu (Aug 2009)
• Ziggurat of Ur (Aug 2009) «Top»
• Zoroastrianism (Aug 2009) «High»
• Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period (Oct 2009)
• Sack of Jerusalem (10th century BC) (Nov 2009)
• Samnuha (Mar 2010)

Articles lacking sources

Oct 2006

• Der (Sumer)
• Patigrabana
• Piyusti
• Shar-Kali-Sharri

Nov 2006

• Akshak
• GAL (cuneiform)
• TI (cuneiform)

Dec 2006

• Rusa II
• The Indestructibles

Jan 2007

• Lutipri

Feb 2007

• Erishum II

Mar 2007

• Arma (god)
• Mari, Syria
• Sutekh (deity)
• Tilla (deity)
• Zimrilim «High»

May 2007

• Lotan

Jun 2007

• Dudu of Akkad
• Manishtushu
• Scorpion man
• Shu-turul

Jul 2007

• Walmu

Aug 2007

• Irsirra
• Neo-Babylonian Empire «Top»

Sep 2007

• Mesopotamian mythology

Feb 2008

• Near Eastern archaeology

Mar 2008

• Clay tablet

Apr 2008

• Sparabara

May 2008

• Hugo Winckler
• Matiene

Jun 2008

• Shamash

Aug 2008

• Khopesh
• Kurunta

Sep 2008

• Ba'al

Dec 2008

• Villu (deity)

Jan 2009

• Menuas of Urartu
• Rusa I

Feb 2009

• Ammittamru I
• Ammittamru II
• Cyaxares II
• Ibiranu
• Naram-Suen of Assyria
• Niqmaddu III

Apr 2009

• Assyriology «Top»
• Awan dynasty
• Isin

May 2009

• Allu
• Alulim
• Asaruludu
• Damu
• Dazimua
• Dumuzid, the Fisherman
• Elulu
• En-men-dur-ana
• Enshag
• Etana
• Hahanu
• Halki (Hittite god)
• Ilulu
• Lelwani
• Lugalbanda
• Lulal
• Mesannepada
• Mushdamma
• Nazi (god)
• Ninsar
• Ninsutu
• Ubara-Tutu
• Ur-Zababa

Jul 2009

• Aramu
• Persian Revolt

Aug 2009

• Arhalba
• La-ba'shum
• Yamhad
• Zaqar

Nov 2009

• Third Dynasty of Ur «Top»
• Zemar

Dec 2009

• Abadir
• Akhkhazu
• Argishti II
• Artashumara
• Ashtar-Chemosh
• Astarpa River
• Ba'al Hermon
• Enkimdu
• Gugalanna
• Hazzi
• Hepit
• Ibbit-Lim
• Igigi
• Imi
• Irkab-Damu
• Ishme-Dagan
• Ishpuinis of Urartu
• Kaus
• Kirta
• Kotar (god)
• Kotharat
• Kussara
• Labbu
• Madius
• Manapa-Tarhunta
• Marduk-apla-iddina I
• Milawata letter
• Mortuary temple
• Nanum (king)
• Nevruz
• Niqmepa
• Parshatatar
• Rem (mythology)
• Saa
• Salatiwara
• Samsu-iluna
• Sarruma
• Satet
• Seker
• Seqtet boat
• Shattuara
• Shuttarna I
• Shuttarna II
• Shuttarna III
• Sin-liqe-unninni
• Sin-Muballit
• Siris (goddess)
• Ta-Bitjet
• Taautus
• Tefnut
• Tell Barri
• Tirigan
• Tunna
• Tushratta
• Wasashatta
• Wilusa
• Yarikh

Jan 2010

• Medes «Top»

Feb 2010

• Babylonian mythology

Articles needing additional references

• Kupanta-Kurunta (Aug 2006)
• Cave of the Patriarchs (Apr 2007)
• Sargon II (Aug 2007) «Top»
• Mesopotamia (Oct 2007)
• Teshub (Oct 2007)
• Arsay (Jan 2008)
• Tiglath-Pileser I (Feb 2008) «Top»
• Elohim (Ugarit) (Apr 2008)
• Ashurbanipal (May 2008) «Top»
• Babylon (Jun 2008) «High»
• Ibbi-Sin (Jun 2008)
• Nefertiti (Aug 2008)
• Sulili (Aug 2008)
• Ur (Aug 2008) «High»
• Determinative (Sep 2008)
• Canaan (Oct 2008)
• Berith (god) (Dec 2008)
• Lahar (god) (Jan 2009)
• Sirara (Feb 2009)
• Amurru (Apr 2009)
• Canaan (Apr 2009)
• Larsa (Apr 2009)
• Uruk (Apr 2009)
• Samarra (May 2009)
• Babylonia and Assyria (Jul 2009) «Top»
• Elam (Jul 2009) «Top»
• Phoenicia (Jul 2009) «Top»
• Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) (Aug 2009)
• Namtar (Oct 2009)
• Zoroastrianism (Nov 2009) «High»
• Hittite language (Dec 2009)
• Luwian language (Dec 2009)
• Ancient Semitic religion (Feb 2010)
• Bastet (Feb 2010)
• Zoroastrianism (Feb 2010) «High»

Articles needing cleanup

• Assyro-Babylonian religion (Aug 2007)
• Madduwatta (Apr 2008)
• Sparabara (Apr 2008)
• Isuwa (May 2008)
• Matiene (Jul 2008)
• Samuha (Nov 2008)
• Phoenicia (Apr 2009) «Top»
• Battle of Hyrba (Jul 2009) «High»
• Canaan (Jul 2009)
• Shedu (Aug 2009)
• Zoroastrianism (Aug 2009) «High»
• Sulili (Sep 2009)
• Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period (Oct 2009)

Articles needing expert attention

• Ishara (Aug 2008)
• Mesopotamian mythology (Nov 2008)
• Kingu (Feb 2009)
• Ziggurat (Nov 2009) «Top»

Articles needing more detailed references

• Qetesh

Articles that may contain original research

• Madduwatta (Sep 2007)
• Canaan (Aug 2009)
• Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period (Oct 2009)
• Yam (god) (Dec 2009)
• Achaemenid Empire (Jan 2010) «Top»

Articles that need to be wikified

• Shapash (Canaanite goddess) (Jun 2009)
• Samnuha (Mar 2010)

Articles to be expanded

• The Indestructibles (Jan 2007)
• Sumer (Dec 2008) «Top»
• Assyriology (Apr 2009) «Top»
• Epic of Gilgamesh (Dec 2009) «Top»
• Sumer (Dec 2009) «Top»
• Akkadian Empire (Feb 2010) «GA, Top»
• Samnuha (Mar 2010)

Articles to be merged

• Religions of the Ancient Near East (May 2008)
• Arrapha (Jun 2008)
• Dumuzid, the Shepherd (Jun 2008)
• Proto-Euphratean (Jun 2008)
• Huwasi stone (Nov 2008)
• Song of Kumarbi (Dec 2008)
• History of Mesopotamia (Jul 2009)
• Theispas (Aug 2009)
• Sumerian creation myth (Sep 2009)
• Ziusudra (Oct 2009)
• Apkallu (Jan 2010)

Articles to be split

• Luwian language (Aug 2008)
• Ziggurat (Jan 2010) «Top»

Articles with dead external links

• Battle of Kadesh (Oct 2008)
• Sefire (Apr 2009)
• 4.2 kiloyear event (May 2009)
• Ubaid period (May 2009)
• Ziggurat (Jul 2009) «Top»
• Washukanni (Dec 2009)

Articles with disputed statements

• El (deity) (Mar 2009)
• Ningishzida (Apr 2009)
• Third Dynasty of Ur (Aug 2009) «Top»
• Hayasa-Azzi (Sep 2009)
• Ancient Arabic units of measurement (Nov 2009)
• Marduk (Nov 2009)
• Lamashtu (Dec 2009)
• Sumerian language (Dec 2009) «Top»

Articles with sections that need to be turned into prose

• Phoenicia (Apr 2009) «Top»

Articles with specifically-marked weasel-worded phrases

• Zoroastrianism (Jun 2007) «High»
• Astarte (Jul 2007)
• Ratha (Jul 2007)
• Mari, Syria (Aug 2007)
• Akkadian Empire (Apr 2008) «GA, Top»
• Ningishzida (May 2008)
• Akkadian language (Jun 2009) «Top»
• Abu Simbel temples (Jul 2009)
• Elohim (Ugarit) (Jul 2009)
• Nebuchadnezzar II (Aug 2009) «Top»
• Iron Age (Oct 2009)
• Luwian language (Dec 2009)
• Tiamat (Jan 2010)
• Zoroastrianism (Jan 2010) «High»
• Sumer (Feb 2010) «Top»
• Sennacherib (Mar 2010) «High»

Articles with topics of unclear notability

• Sirara (Feb 2009)

Articles with trivia sections

• Ziggurat (Jan 2010) «Top»

Articles with unsourced statements

Feb 2007

• Abu Simbel temples
• Amar-Sin
• Ancient literature
• Babylonia «Top»
• En-men-dur-ana
• Epic of Gilgamesh «Top»
• History of Sumer
• Hittites «Top»
• Hurro-Urartian languages
• Iron Age
• Kaskians
• Lagash
• Madduwatta
• Manapa-Tarhunta letter
• Moloch
• Nefertiti
• Song of Kumarbi
• Tanit

Mar 2007

• Bronze Age
• Cave of the Patriarchs

Apr 2007

• Ki (goddess)
• Ubaid period

Jun 2007

• Babylonian astrology «High»
• En-men-dur-ana

Jul 2007

• Adapa
• Anat
• Astarte
• Cybele «High»

Aug 2007

• Cuneiform script
• Levant
• Shedu

Sep 2007

• Inara

Oct 2007

• Assyrian law
• Cimmerians
• En-hedu-ana
• Etemenanki

Nov 2007

• High Priests of Amun
• Tanakh «Top»

Dec 2007

• Ebla
• Ten Thousand (Greek)

Jan 2008

• History of Sumer
• Melqart
• Tawananna

Feb 2008

• Akshak
• Babylonia «Top»
• Sumer «Top»

Mar 2008

• Bronze Age
• Eridu
• History of Sumer
• Mesopotamia
• Muwatalli II

Apr 2008

• Akkadian Empire «GA, Top»

May 2008

• Hurro-Urartian languages
• Indo-Aryan superstrate in Mitanni
• Marduk-apla-iddina I
• Nairi «High»
• Ningishzida

Jun 2008

• Babylonia «Top»
• Elam «Top»
• Resheph
• Washukanni

Jul 2008

• Bronze Age sword
• Esarhaddon
• Sumerian language «Top»
• Tiglath-Pileser I «Top»

Aug 2008

• Aga of Kish
• Alalngar
• Arwium
• Atab
• Babum
• Balih
• Cuneiform script
• Dumuzid, the Fisherman
• Dumuzid, the Shepherd
• Elulu
• En-me-nuna
• En-men-dur-ana
• En-men-gal-ana
• En-sipad-zid-ana
• En-tarah-ana
• Enmebaragesi
• Enmerkar
• Etana
• Ilku
• Iltasadum
• Kalibum
• Kalumum
• Kullassina-bel
• La-ba'shum
• Lugal-Anne-Mundu
• Lugal-zage-si
• Lugalbanda
• Mashda
• Melem-Kish
• Mesannepada
• Mesh-ki-ang-gasher
• Meskalamdug
• Nangishlishma
• Ngushur
• Ningishzida
• Puannum
• Sirrush
• Sumerian language «Top»
• Tizqar
• Ubara-Tutu
• Udul-kalama
• Ugaritic alphabet
• Ur-Nungal
• Ur-Zababa
• Zamug
• Zuqaqip

Sep 2008

• First Babylonian Dynasty «High»

Nov 2008

• Eshmun
• Habiru
• Kaus

Dec 2008

• Assur
• Tefnut
• Tel Dan Stele
• Utukku

Jan 2009

• Bastet
• Lahar (god)
• Tefnut

Feb 2009

• Tanakh «Top»

Mar 2009

• Cyrus the Great «Top»
• Deluge myth «High»
• Etemenanki
• Hurrians «Top»
• List of artifacts significant to the Bible
• Mannaeans
• Tiamat

Apr 2009

• Amurru
• Battle of the Persian Border «High»
• Black Obelisk
• Canaan
• Cybele «High»
• Larsa
• List of artifacts significant to the Bible
• Nineveh «High»
• Uruk

May 2009

• Endursaga
• Idrimi
• Ningilin
• Ningishzida
• Shu-pa-e
• Sumerian religion
• Tanit
• Tel Dor

Jun 2009

• Bronze Age collapse
• Kaskians
• Mesopotamia
• Proto-Semitic language
• Sumer «Top»

Jul 2009

• Apkallu
• Aramaeans
• Aramu
• Cimmerians
• Qetesh

Aug 2009

• Canaan
• Determinative
• El (deity)
• Ḫaldi «High»
• Hammurabi «GA, Top»
• Iron Age
• Khopesh
• Proto-Semitic language
• Tawagalawa letter
• Urartu «High»

Sep 2009

• Dagon
• Ishara
• Jericho
• Tell

Oct 2009

• Achaemenid Empire «Top»
• Deluge myth «High»
• Iron Age
• Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period
• Nimrud
• Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa «High»

Nov 2009

• Amar-Sin
• Argishtis I of Urartu
• Cities of the Ancient Near East «Top»
• Enûma Eliš
• Epic of Gilgamesh «Top»
• Iron Age
• Kingu
• Medes «Top»
• Shu-Sin
• Sumer «Top»
• Third Dynasty of Ur «Top»
• Zoroastrianism «High»

Dec 2009

• Tel Dan
• Third Dynasty of Ur «Top»

Jan 2010

• Bronze Age sword
• Cyrus the Great «Top»
• Deluge myth «High»
• Hittite language
• Iron Age sword
• Phoenicia «Top»
• Sumerian creation myth
• Sumerian language «Top»
• Tiamat
• Yam (god)
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